If you google phone scams and set the time for the past week e.g., you can bring up heaps of them. It's astounding.

What I find even worse is that legitimate companies like our Banks pass on private information. I've not received one in ages but I used to have a company affiliated with my Bank who would phone me regularly wanting me to sign up for a funeral plan. grrrrr.

Also I find it morally wrong for Banks to send people offers to increase their credit card limits via internet forms. This happens all the time to struggling students who are living hand to mouth and probably only needed a credit card to a certain limit in the first place to see them through their studies or to help arrange flights or student accommodation. It doesn't seem to matter to them if you are not yet empoyed full time or if you have the ability to pay back the necessary amounts every month. If you have that original credit card limit then they tempt people to increase it to a size that is absolutely impossible to pay back. grrrr again.